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Originally Posted by Beery
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Originally Posted by VonHelsching
If we exclude the XXI, which is mal-modeled...
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To me this has always been a mildly annoying issue that should be a non-issue. The Type XXI, much like the Type VIIC/42, is a fantasy boat loved by arcade fans who want to command an uber-boat in WW2, but this sim is not called 'Secret Weapons of the Kriegsmarine', and the 'U' in U-boat stands for 'Untersee', not 'Uber'. 
This issue comes up perennially, some people get all hot and bothered about it and, in my opinion at least, it just doesn't matter. |
Hi Beery,
I understand your view. I also understand why you limited some choices in RuB. Since as you say this issue comes always up, there must be a reason, which you may not realise.
I'm the definition of a "gamey" player / XXI fanboy and I enjoyed playing the stock game plus HT for many months until moving to GW. And also I seldom play alone. Usually I'm just the helmsman. My 6yo son is the Kaleun who decides where to head and which port to raid.
I'm afraid it was an issue for me (until I made the fix using a concept by Ducimus). The issue form me was neither the recharge time nor anything else, but the fact that I had to manually switch off the recharging mode to get full speed. It was an
irritating "feature" that ruined my gameplay.
I am also afraid that SH3 is also (at least partially) "The sectret weapons of the Kriegsmarine", since VIIC/42 and XXI *were* included in the game. This is not a sin; "thou shal not use VIIC/42s".
It's a good thing to have choices. With a broad range choices you get more people buying the game. A lot of them enjoy gameplay / eye candy, like me. In fact I have the gut feeling that they must be the silent lurking majority in this forum.
Look what happened with Grey Wolves (which is way more "real" than the stock game, BTW). You must have been away for some time, but there was a recent flood of new people getting / returning into the game a year *after* it was released. Hell, some guy even posted an Alternative Timeline Mod, which I installed and it is great work!
This post is not intended to start an argument. Just to help you realise why other people have different views.
Best,
VonHelsching